Good Madam (2021)

Original title

Mlungu Wam

Directed by

Jenna Bass

Genre

horror film

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother moves in with her mother who works as a live-in caregiver for an elderly white woman. The film follows tensions that arise within the household in South Africa.

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What happens

Good Madam (Xhosa: Mlungu Wam) is a South African horror film, directed by Jenna Cato Bass and released in 2021. A commentary on the contemporary state of race relations in South Africa in the years following the end of apartheid, the film stars Chumisa Cosa as Tsidi, a single mother who moves back in with her mother Mavis (Nosipho Mtebe) while her mother is working as a live-in caregiver to an elderly white woman. The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention for the Platform Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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